The demand for immigration services is affecting many nonprofits in our region, including ELAP. The immigration court system is swamped nationally and locally. Washington state has a backlog of nearly 50,000 immigration cases so far in 2024, up from 35,000 total in 2023, according to
Join our Board of Directors to help lead ELAP’s strategic vision. We are seeking a diverse pool of candidates with varied professional and community experience. If you are passionate about access to civil legal aid, you may be a great candidate! Our Board meets virtually
Our ELAP staff team loves it when summer rolls around and we get to have interns helping in our programs. This year we have two law students who will be spending their summer with us: ELAP’s internship program offers a valuable hands-on legal experience. We
We can’t wait to introduce you to our new team members, Ana and Andrea! Ana Lapentty-Stoner (she/her) is our new Bilingual Legal Service Coordinator. In this role, Ana will help us do intake for Spanish- and English-speaking clients. She will also screen for eligibility, ensure
We’re so excited to share what you helped us do last year! Take a quick peek at our 2023 Community Impact Report, where you’ll find: Read ELAP’s Community Impact Report.
Eduardo Sanchez (he/him) is ELAP’s new Bilingual Legal Services Coordinator. Eduardo will be helping us do intake for Spanish- and English-speaking clients. He’ll also be responsible for screening clients for eligibility, ensuring people know what documents to bring to their appointments, and sending out client
This month marks the end of the Washington state legislative session. We were keeping a close eye on some bills related to housing and domestic violence. Here’s what passed and what stalled: See other bills that passed the legislature this session that Governor Inslee is
March is Women’s History Month. Did you know that women make up about three-quarters of the nonprofit workforce? That’s a lot of women-power fueling the great work happening in communities across our region. It also means that women and non-binary individuals are more likely to be
Matthew Widmyer, an attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine, started volunteering at ELAP’s wills clinics at the start of the pandemic in 2020—just as ELAP’s clinics had to be quickly transitioned to a virtual format. Matthew has volunteered at every wills clinic since then, serving as
Two fantastic individuals have joined our team in staff attorney roles. Kristin Husebye (she/her), JD, is ELAP’s new Senior Staff Attorney in our Housing Stability Program. Kristin has extensive legal experience from New York, Washington D.C., and the Pacific Northwest and was most recently with
